ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

Energy
Transformation

• When energy is used to do work, the energy is transformed.

• The diagram below show an example of energy
transformation:

Chemical Potential Energy Kinetic, Light, and Sound Energ

 Energy
Transformation

•An archer releasing his bow

Elastic potential energy  Kinetic energy

 Energy
Transformation

Your body transforms the

chemical energy in your food to
mechanical energy you need to
move your muscle.

Chemical energy is also

transformed to the thermal
energy your body uses to
maintain its temperature.

Chemical potential energy  Mechanical energy

 Energy
Transformation
Energy
Converters
Energy converters refer to objects that are able to
convert energy from one form into another.
Energy converters can be natural or man-made.

Green plants are

natural energy converters.

Photosynthesis in plants:
Light energy  Chemical Potential Energy
 Energy
Transformation

Other objects which are used in our daily lives such as cars,
machinery and household appliances are man-made energy
converter.

Energy Main energy transformation

converters
Light bulb Electrical energy  Heat energy + Light energy

Cooking gas
Chemical potential energy  Heat energy + Light Energy

Blender Electrical energy  Mechanical Energy + Sound energy

Iron
Electrical energy  Heat energy
 Energy
Transformation

Figure out the energy transformation on the energy

converters below:
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
Law of Conservation of
Energy

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 Law of Conservation of
Energy

• During transformation, the total amount of energy stays the

same.
• This is an example of Law of Conservation of Energy:
Energy cannot be made or destroyed, but it can change
from one form to another
• An energy change is not 100% efficient. The transformation
produces both useful and wasted energy.
• Heat is a common form of wasted energy.
Energy transformations At position B, the ball is
A
falling. It gains kinetic
in a ball falling on the At position
energy,
A, the
KEB, while
has potential
ball
energy losing
floor some potential
PEA. This energy.
is equal to E.
B
The potential energy left
Let the total energy PEB
at position A =isEPEB .
possessed by the ball be At
KED,B + the
PEBball
= PEhits
A =the
E
At position C, just
E. floor and becomes
before the ball hits the
compressed. A sound is
According to the floor, only kinetic
heard and heat is C
energy KE C isto
left.
conservation of energy, produced due friction.
the total amount of KEC = potential
Elastic PEC + KEenergy
C = PEA

of=ball
E + heat + sound =
energy, E, does not E D
change.
Energy transformations in a A
ball falling on the floor
Then ball is unable to reach its
original height of position A B
when it bounces back up.
This is because some of the
energy, E, is lost as sound and
heat when it hits the floor.
C
With less energy, the ball cannot
regain its original height.
D
 Energy Loss in a Lamp

• Heat is a common form of wasted energy.

 Energy Loss in a Food Chain

• Heat is a common form of wasted energy.

Energy Loss in a Food Chain
Useful and Wasted Energy

Input Energy : ________

Electrical Energy

Kinetic Energy
Useful Energy : ________

Wasted Energy : ________

Sound Energy
Useful and Wasted Energy

Input Energy Electrical

: ________Energy

Light Energy
Useful Energy Sound Energy
: ________&______

Wasted Energy :Heat Energy

________
Useful and Wasted Energy

Input Energy : ______________

Chemical Potential Energy
Useful Energy : ________
Kinetic Energy

Wasted Energy :
________&_______
Sound Energy Heat Energy
Useful and Wasted Energy

Input Energy : ________

Electrical Energy

Kinetic Energy
Useful Energy : ________

Wasted Energy : ________

Sound Energy
 Vocabularies​
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WORK ENERGY JOULE KINETIC ENERGY

POTENTIAL ENERGY THERMAL ENERGY

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ENERGY TRANSFORMATION LAW OF CONSERVATION OF

ENERGY